Chapter 199

Greedy, cruel, selfish.

"Of course." Li Pu walked out of the cell with Ling and said, "You don't need to be confused. Theoretically speaking, I can indeed bring about change here."

"But in reality, it's unlikely, because the foundation for such a change is not present here."

Everything has a foundation, even if your ideas are advanced, correct, and point to a correct future.

But this era clearly lacks the fertile ground for these ideas to thrive.

So in reality, Li Pu wouldn't actually do anything.

However, his existence and some of his actions still made some people here feel threatened, forcing them to eliminate him by any means necessary.

But for Kallen...

"Kallen, you don't need to be confused." Li Pu patted Kallen on the shoulder and said, "I've said before that I'm a person from the future."

"Because I come from the future, I know that your thoughts and choices are correct."

"It's naive, but the truth cannot be denied."

"Humans are inherently complex beings, and the human heart is even more so. It is not something that can be easily measured or explained," Li Pu said. "This world is ugly, so ugly that it makes you nauseous and desperate. This world is never short of villains, selfish and short-sighted people."

"But," Li Pu looked at Ling, patted her head and said, "There is still kindness in this world, there are good people, and there are people worth protecting."

"No matter how dark the place, as long as there is a glimmer of light, I will do everything in my power to protect it."

"Kallen, the real battle is about to begin. Would you like to join me?"

"To fight to protect all the good things in this world?"

Chapter 229 Fighting for You

A fox-like Honkai Beast is wreaking havoc in this village.

Yae Sakura's charade's over! I'm done! I'm going to kill all of you bastards!

She watched Kallen go in, and she also watched the flames leap up from the cell.

Yae Sakura's heart is broken.

Otto believed he had foreseen everything, but Otto was still a bit too young. He wasn't yet the cunning, sycophantic man he would become in the future.

Hmm... Although he's still a simp, he's not quite cunning yet.

He not only miscalculated Li Pu's actions.

More importantly, he had overlooked the actions of the locals themselves. He never expected such a thing to happen, even though he knew that some of Li Pu's actions had touched a nerve with certain local forces.

But he never imagined that these people would do such a thing.

Therefore, he miscalculated and misjudged the tolerance and ruthlessness of those who had vested interests.

But this misjudgment is the most fatal!

This caused everything that followed to spiral out of his control.

Yae Sakura was in despair! And the leaping flames only intensified her hatred for the villagers! Back then, these same so-called 'kind,' 'simple,' and 'honest' villagers cheered around her sister's corpse! Today, they were cheering around the raging fire.

The raging fire burned not only Kallen.

And the last bit of the mask on Yae Sakura's face.

OK!

I'm not pretending!

On the surface, she is Miko maiden protecting Yae Village, but in reality, she is Demon in the Box that brings about Honkai.

Damn it!

I'm not pretending anymore! I'm laying my cards on the table! I am the Demon in the Box! I'm the one who brought Honkai the Honkai, and I'm the one who caused all of this.

I'm going to make you all die today!

Tonight.

The Honkai 3rd is coming!

Fear has once again gripped the village, which had just begun to recover from the previous disaster! A larger and more ferocious fox- Honkai Beast wreaking havoc in the village.

The attack resulted in the massacre of villagers and the destruction of the village.

No one could stop him wherever he went.

The villagers' anguish, their pleas, their prayers to the gods—all became meaningless at this moment. And most ironically, those who truly had the power to protect them in this disaster...

But they themselves set the fire, trapping themselves in the inferno.

How ridiculous and pathetic this is!

Last time, they could run towards the Yae Shrine. At least there was someone there who could take up arms and protect them. But now, where are they running to?

Should we run towards the house engulfed in flames?

This time it seems no one can protect them.

Soon the village was engulfed in flames.

This fox- Honkai Beast is different from the previous Honkai Beast. In addition to charging, biting, and scratching, it can also set fires! The scattered flames ignited the entire village.

In just a few short minutes, despair enveloped the place.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

Just like the gunshot that rang out in the somber night sky after the grand event had ended, this gunshot also pierced through the village shrouded in despair.

It seemed to offer a glimmer of hope to this place that was about to turn into a wasteland.

The gunshot also attracted the attention of the rampaging fox- Honkai Beast.

It looked back in the direction of the gunshot.

It was the same cell.

The difference is that there are three people standing here: two adults and one child.

Li Pu, Kallen, and Bell.

Rin was genuinely terrified, but she knew she had nowhere to go. Yae Village was now a place fraught with danger for her; it was safer for her to stay with the Lord Samurai.

Although it seems more dangerous to be around the Lord Samurai.

Kallen stared at the large fox in disbelief!

"Demon in the Box?!" Kallen stared wide-eyed at the enormous fox, exclaiming, "This... how is this possible?! You... weren't you sealed away by Yae Sakura?"

"This... how is this possible!"

"They really are naive," the fox said in human language. "But it's for the best, if you really did burn to death here."

"I still don't know how to explain this."

"Confess?" Kallen sensed something was wrong. She seemed to be pressing for details, asking, "Confess what?"

"This is a matter between us."

Just then, a figure appeared beside the fox—it was Yae Sakura! She still looked as cold and emotionless as ever.

The only difference was that she had a pair of... on her head.

"We've got the donkey ears." Li Pu nodded, seemingly quite satisfied. "Indeed, it's only with donkey ears that it has a soul."

"Donkey ears?!" A # symbol immediately appeared above the fox's head. It looked very unhappy and said, "You bastard! You scoundrel!"

"Are your eyes crooked? Donkey ears! These donkey ears are definitely not donkey ears!"

"These are my ears! They're Hi-Fyūmaru ears!"

"Fox!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Li Pu Hi-Fyūmaru, seemingly unyielding, "What do you take me for? Do you think I've never seen a fox before?"

"Do you even have fox ears like that? Fox ears are curved triangles! Donkey ears are long and pointed."

"If it's not donkey ears! What is it?!"

"It's a fox! A fox!" Hi-Fyūmaru craned his neck and protested, "It's a fox!"

"How can it not be a fox?!"

"Huh?!" Li Pu said, seeing Hi-Fyūmaru's serious attitude, "Since you're a fox, then say something for me to hear."

"You've heard how a fox sounds, haven't you?"

"..." It seems that Hi-Fyūmaru was a little speechless after what Li Pu said?

A fox's call? She seems... unaware... right?

"This isn't the time to talk about this," Kallen said somewhat anxiously. "You Demon in the Box! Get off Yae Sakura right now!"

"I absolutely will not allow you to control Yae Sakura's body and do whatever you want here!"

"Control?" Hi-Fyūmaru sneered. "As expected, the Kaslana family are all idiots."

"Didn't you notice at all?"

"I! I had no intention of controlling Yae Sakura at all," Hi-Fyūmaru said. "All of this, everything you are seeing now, is Yae Sakura's own will."

"This is her hatred! Her resentment! She watched you being trapped in the fire by these villagers."

"So she hates these stupid ants."

"No, she had long hated these ants, but this time it just reached its peak."

"The Yae Sakura you see is fighting for the village."

"But the actual Yae Sakura."

Hi-Fyūmaru said, seemingly mockingly, "Actually, she's fighting for the one she loves!"

"She's fighting for you!"

Chapter 230 A Big Hug

At this very moment today.

Kallen suddenly felt a longing to go back to her childhood.

She was a little tired.

I'm getting a little tired of it.

I even felt lost.

The people she had fought so hard to protect could turn their weapons on those who had once protected them without any hesitation. The comrade she had once trusted, the one who had saved her life, had been deceiving her all along.

I'm so tired, so emotionally exhausted.

Even the strongest person can be caught off guard when so many things happen all of a sudden.

Even for someone as strong as Kallen, it was hard to accept.

"Don't overthink it." Li Pu noticed Kallen's unusual behavior and patted Kallen on the shoulder, saying, "Doesn't the Kaslana family have another creed?"

"Be tough and look ahead."

"Huh, being headstrong doesn't seem to be the Kaslana family's creed," Kallen quickly recovered and retorted, "But it doesn't seem wrong either."

"Indeed, the Kaslana family always looks forward and charges ahead. So they really have to be tough."

"Demon in the Box!" Kallen declared, her spirits high and her resolve unwavering. "I will absolutely not allow you to control Yae Sakura!"

Kallen recovered a little too quickly.

It was so fast that even Hi-Fyūmaru felt a little uncomfortable.

I clearly felt Kallen's fighting spirit plummet just now, so how did she recover with just one sentence? This isn't how the script works, is it? Shouldn't there be a seemingly short but actually three or four days' worth of flashbacks and verbal sparring first, before her fighting spirit is restored? How did she suddenly recover?

Is this a special effect added by the director, or did he learn some time management techniques?